Malakand Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. CNIC code of Malakand Division is 15. ^[1]

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Malakand Division ملاکنڈ ڈویژن ملاکنډ څانګه‎
Division
Malakand Division (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Headquarters	Batkhela
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	N/A
• Regional Police Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	32,007 km2 (12,358 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	8,608,378
Website	cmd.kp.gov.pk

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• Bajaur District
• Buner District
• Central Dir District
• Upper Chitral District
• Lower Chitral District
• Lower Dir District
• Upper Dir District
• Malakand District
• Shangla District
• Swat District

Until 1970 the area was known as the Malakand Agency.^[2] In 1970, Malakand Division was formed from the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat (incorporated into West Pakistan in 1969) and an area around the Malakand Fort known as the Malakand Protected Area. The capital of Malakand Division is Saidu Sharif, with the largest city being Mingora (Swat) . In late 2018, former Chitral District was bifurcated into Upper Chitral District, from Mastuj Tehsil, and Lower Chitral District, from Chitral Tehsil.^[3]

In December 2021 Chief Minister Mahmood Khan announced that Malakand Division would be divided into two separate divisions in order to improve the services and to facilitate the people. the proposed name for the new division is "Dir or Panjkora" division.^[4][5][6]